Interview Skills Worksheet: Workplace Etiquette
Tip (Respect the work, time and people): Good: arriving on time, greeting coworkers, asking when unsure, owning your mistakes, meeting deadlines, phone on silent, respecting others’ time. Poor: gossiping, long personal calls, taking others’ credit, hiding a mistake, arriving late, ignoring instructions, leaving without telling. Feedback from a supervisor: “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” Will be late or absent? Inform in advance.
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- 1.🏢 Your phone keeps buzzing at work. What is polite? (a) set it to silent (b) leave it ringing (c) answer every call (d) turn up the volume
- 2.🏢 On your first day, you don’t understand a task. What should you do? (a) ask politely (b) ask a customer (c) do nothing (d) guess and hope
- 3.🏢 You will be late tomorrow because of a doctor’s visit. What should you do? (a) just come late (b) inform in advance (c) say nothing (d) skip the whole day
- 4.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) taking others’ credit (c) gossiping about others (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 5.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) rude replies on chat (c) respecting others’ time (d) meeting deadlines
- 6.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving on time? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 7.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) asking when unsure (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) meeting deadlines (d) long personal calls
- 9.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) greeting coworkers (b) gossiping about others (c) phone on silent (d) asking when unsure
- 10.🏢 You made a mistake in a bill. What is best? (a) leave early (b) tell your supervisor (c) blame a coworker (d) hide it
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning your mistakes (b) hiding a mistake (c) phone on silent (d) arriving on time
- 12.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) meeting deadlines (b) arriving late daily (c) gossiping about others (d) ignoring instructions
- 13.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) ignoring instructions (b) asking when unsure (c) taking others’ credit (d) rude replies on chat
- 14.True or false: “arriving late daily” is a poor workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving on time (b) taking others’ credit (c) hiding a mistake (d) rude replies on chat
- 16.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: keeping your desk tidy? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 17.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: rude replies on chat? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring instructions (b) leaving without telling (c) respecting others’ time (d) gossiping about others
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) asking when unsure (c) ignoring instructions (d) arriving on time
- 20.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: gossiping about others? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) asking when unsure (c) long personal calls (d) ignoring instructions
- 22.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: meeting deadlines? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 23.🏢 Your supervisor gives you feedback on your work. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Thanks, I’ll fix it.” (c) “Not my fault.” (d) “I quit.”
- 24.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) rude replies on chat (b) phone on silent (c) taking others’ credit (d) arriving late daily
- 25.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) gossiping about others (b) arriving on time (c) rude replies on chat (d) ignoring instructions
- 26.True or false: “owning your mistakes” is a poor workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: taking others’ credit? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting coworkers (b) taking others’ credit (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) arriving on time
- 29.True or false: “hiding a mistake” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: owning your mistakes? (a) a good work habit (b) a poor work habit
- 31.True or false: “arriving on time” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which of these is a good workplace habit? (a) long personal calls (b) hiding a mistake (c) respecting others’ time (d) gossiping about others
- 33.🏢 Good or poor workplace habit: arriving late daily? (a) a poor work habit (b) a good work habit
- 34.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) taking others’ credit (b) greeting coworkers (c) phone on silent (d) asking when unsure
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rude replies on chat (b) arriving late daily (c) meeting deadlines (d) ignoring instructions
- 36.True or false: “rude replies on chat” is a good workplace habit. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “leaving without telling” is a good workplace habit. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting deadlines (b) arriving on time (c) asking when unsure (d) gossiping about others
- 39.Which of these is a poor workplace habit? (a) arriving on time (b) leaving without telling (c) asking when unsure (d) owning your mistakes
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking others’ credit (b) hiding a mistake (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) gossiping about others
Answer key
- set it to silent
- ask politely
- inform in advance
- keeping your desk tidy
- rude replies on chat
- a good work habit
- True
- long personal calls
- gossiping about others
- tell your supervisor
- hiding a mistake
- meeting deadlines
- asking when unsure
- True
- arriving on time
- a good work habit
- a poor work habit
- respecting others’ time
- ignoring instructions
- a poor work habit
- asking when unsure
- a good work habit
- “Thanks, I’ll fix it.”
- phone on silent
- arriving on time
- False
- a poor work habit
- taking others’ credit
- False
- a good work habit
- True
- respecting others’ time
- a poor work habit
- taking others’ credit
- meeting deadlines
- False
- False
- gossiping about others
- leaving without telling
- keeping your desk tidy
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